What Happens To Them

[BLACK W F]

what happens to y/bs that go astray well i know what happened to my hen that won Arniston 2 she had been a very good consistant bird flyin all races but sadly went missing at the consett race

i just had her reported injured by a non fancier sadly she died through the night picked up in their back garden yesterday badly flown out only got as far as selkirk i wonder how many others have suffered the same fate as her

[lanarkshire lad]

I had one reported dead in Workington on the west coast, it was lost at Appleby.

[dal2]

I had one reported dead in Workington on the west coast, it was lost at Appleby.

The valleys in the Cumbrian Hills causes the ybs to head in wrong directions where they do not have the xperience to navigate out of the valleys, ending up milling up and down till they drop

[Tony C]

To give us a better understanding of where they get to and perhaps eventually find out why its about time the unions set up some kind of database. All organisations submit details of liberations (number of birds, weather, wind speed & direction, time of lib, % of returns etc.) Strays that are reported could also be added giving us a better picture of how they possibly became so.

 

Until something constructive is done I'm afraid its going to continue to be guesswork and speculation.

[andy Burgess]

To give us a better understanding of where they get to and perhaps eventually find out why its about time the unions set up some kind of database. All organisations submit details of liberations (number of birds, weather, wind speed & direction, time of lib, % of returns etc.) Strays that are reported could also be added giving us a better picture of how they possibly became so.

 

Until something constructive is done I'm afraid its going to continue to be guesswork and speculation.

a very good and honest post Tony .I agree with you , I guess we the members need to approach the unions for them to take action

[Guest Owen]

I agree with Tony C in that something should be done to collect information first and then take action. If we carry on doing the same things over and over we shouldn't be surprised if we get the same results. I feel sure that a big part of our problems lie with the transportation of the birds. I was part of an exercise collecting information about one transporter. We measured the high and low temperatures and the moisture levels. We found that the air flow from the air conditioning was far too fierce in part of the transporter but did not provide enough air in other areas of it. Then after a lot of work we offered the information to the local Fed together with a comprehensive report on the affects of heat on racing pigeons compiled by a Dutch University. Our evidence was accompanied by photographs to make the report easier to read and understand. The Federation Officials could not have been less interested. In fact when the subject was raised the meeting turned into a shouting match.

So the situation remains unchanged.

When you think of the cost of keeping pigeons and the prices we have to pay for decent stock it seems really stupid to allow them to be treated in the offhand way that they often are. In many cases these days we are not racing pigeons where the fastest birds win but subjecting them to endurance tests. I don't think this is the way to treat either the Owners or the pigeons and I reckon that something should be done to improve matters.

"Power to the People"

[Walter swanston]

The valleys in the Cumbrian Hills causes the ybs to head in wrong directions where they do not have the xperience to navigate out of the valleys, ending up milling up and down till they drop

 

Might be an idea to stay out of the Cumbrian hills

[Guest stb-]

The valleys in the Cumbrian Hills causes the ybs to head in wrong directions where they do not have the xperience to navigate out of the valleys, ending up milling up and down till they drop

yip steve thats correct that the problem in the cumbrian hills one percie strike and they go the wrong way very few return , you can get lucky for so long in that area